Transcript 有趣的英语小知识

有趣的英语小知识
• “Stewardesses”（空中小姐） is the
longest word typed with only the left hand
and “lollipop”（棒棒糖） with your right.
• No word in the English language rhymes
with month, orange, silver, or purple.
• "Dreamt" is the only English word that
ends in the letters "mt".
The sentence: “The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the
alphabet.
The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’（皮艇） and
‘level’ are the same whether they are read
left to right or right to left (palindromes回文).
• There are only four words in the English
language which end in “dous”: tremendous,
horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
There are two words in the English
language that have all five vowels in order:
“abstemious”（节制的） and “facetious.”
（轻浮的）
• TYPEWRITER is the longest word that
can be made using the letters only on one
row of the keyboard.
Maine（缅因州） is the only state whose
name is just one syllable.
• All 50 states are listed across the top of
the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5
bill.
If you are an average American, in your
whole life, you will spend an average of 6
months waiting at red lights.
• A “jiffy”（瞬间，一会） is an actual unit of
time for 1/100th of a second.
The average person's left hand does 56%
of the typing.